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Domestic Violence is a crime. It is not tolerated in Kingston.

• The Safer Kingston Partnership works with agencies across the borough improving the response to Domestic Violence in Kingston. These pages are designed to act as a central reference and resource point for both organisations and clients, including information for men and women experiencing abuse and information for agencies who need advice and guidance as to how best help their clients.
  
• This site is separated into three sections -please use the tabs on the left to navigate between:
  • If you are experiencing abuse: A section for Kingston residents experiencing domestic violence
  • Guidance for professionals: Information for professionals working with clients who are experiencing domestic violence
  • Free Domestic Violence Resources

Kingston Domestic Violence News

Online Guidance for Professionals

On Monday 2 November 2011 we launched our Online Guidance for Professionals, a document to help any professional working in Kingston who has a client experiencing domestic violence to access the best help and assistance for their client. If you need advice of where to direct a client, please click the link in 'Related Documents Links' below.

Kingston shows its support for the "I'm a Real Man" Campaign.

Kingston Domestic Violence Services and Kingston Fire, Health, Police and Probation Service joined together to show their support for the "I'm a Real Man" Campaign. For further details, please follow the link below.

Surrey Comet Article: A Domestic Abuse Survivor's Story

On 2 December 2011, the Surrey Comet  published a "Survivor's Story", talking about one woman's journey through Domestic Violence Services in Kingston to safety. Please see the link to the article in 'Related External Links' below.

The 16 Days of Activism

The 16 Days of Activism is an international initiative running from 25 November (International Day Against Violence Against Women) to 10 December (International Human Rights Day) in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights.

During this period, groups campaign for the elimination of violence against women by:

• raising awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue at the local, national, regional and international levels
• strengthening local work around violence against women. Violence Against Women includes Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage, “Honour” based Violence, Prostitution and Trafficking.

In Kingston this year our 16 Days Campaign includes:

• The White Ribbon and Real man campaign, in which we ask that people wear white ribbons to show their support to ending Violence Against  Women and Girls
• A survivor day where Key Services and survivors join together and celebrate freedom from violence and abuse, with Natasha Devon from Body Gossip coming to speak to survivors.
• A multi-agency awareness day, where we open the One Stop Shop to all professionals in the borough, to demonstrate how the One Stop Shop resource works and promote it to all front line practitioners in the borough.